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Arriva – a leading pan-European passenger transport company – has signed a contract with train manufacturer Stadler for the construction of 18, world-first zero-emission trains suitable for use on partially electrified tracks. The total contract value amounts to €170 million for trains in the north of the Netherlands.
British train operating company South Western Railway (SWR) has awarded Siemens an order to refurbish their fleet of existing 172 Class 444 and Class 450 Desiro trains. The contract is worth more than €56 million.
LNVG, Alstom and Linde have agreed the delivery of 14 Coradia iLint fuel cell trains and their 30-year maintenance and energy supply in Wolfsburg, Germany.
Manchester’s three main railway stations have been connected for the first time by the Ordsall Chord bridge – the historic centrepiece of the Great North Rail Project. The first passenger train will run across Ordsall Chord in December 2017.
The U.S. Economic Development Administration EDA has awarded a $2.2 million grant to make key infrastructure improvements that will serve a new manufacturing facility in the Davenport industrial park in Iowa.
8 November 2017 | By
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) has announced that more than $101 million has been invested in capital improvement projects, but highlights the importance of communication to ensure the smooth operation of the transit system in severe weather.
Network Rail’s recent completion of new track and signalling between London Bridge and Blackfriars brings the hub London station a step closer to welcoming the Thameslink services.
Network Rail and Southeastern are striving to ensure trains run safely through the worst of the winter weather.
The Edinburgh Glasgow Improvement Programme (EGIP) has reached a major milestone with the first electric train running end-to-end on the main Edinburgh-Glasgow line.
DB Cargo UK is working with Axiom Rail and WH Davis to convert 110 HTA coal hoppers into new state of the art HRA aggregate hopper wagons.
The North Carolina Railroad Company’s (NCRR) Board of Directors has elected Michael Walters of Fairmont, N.C. to be its new chairman.
A recent survey suggests that Brexit is becoming an increasing factor for British people when considering their leisure travel.
Alstom is to supply three more Coradia Nordic trains to Östgötatrafiken, in addition to their current fleet of 15.
The League of Railway Women (LRW) has appointed new executive officers and elected six officers to its board of directors.
2 November 2017 | By
Network Rail’s recent stabilising work to the Chiltern main line has been displayed in full technicolour via recently released time-lapse footage.
